Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. ” A depiction of the Proxygate service.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Further evidence linking the two includes IP addresses and specific TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures) used by FIN7 in early 2022 and seen months later in actual Black Basta attacks. Black Basta has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

Threat actors abused a vulnerable anti-cheat driver for the Genshin Impact video game to disable antivirus software. sys, for the Genshin Impact video game to disable antivirus software. According to Trend Micro, a cybercrime gang abused the driver to deploy ransomware. ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

JULY 18, 2024

The cybercrime group FIN7 is advertising a security evasion tool in multiple underground forums, cybersecurity company SentinelOne warns. On May 19th, 2022, a user named “goodsoft” advertised an AV killer tool for $4,000 on the exploit[.]in Later, on June 14th, 2022, a user named “lefroggy” posted a similar ad on the xss[.]is

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

” The Remote Access Trojan (RAT) has been active since July 2022. . “Private sector partners are encouraged to implement the recommendations listed in the Mitigation column of the table below to reduce the likelihood and impact of these attack campaigns.” The feds urge to report any signs of compromise to the FBI or IC3.

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Zero Day

JUNE 6, 2025

The data in question was posted on a Russian cybercrime forum on May 15 and then uploaded again on June 3, apparently garnering attention from other cybercriminals and potential buyers. " Also:  Stop paying for antivirus software. But in this age of cybercrime, these numbers have become vulnerable.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 16, 2023

But after the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the focus of hackers has shifted more towards the smart phones with more phishing and social engineering attacks recorded in a 2nd quarter of 2022. The post Hackers shifting cybercrime focus towards smart phones and tablets appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

A stepping stone to impactful cybercrime This tactic has tangible real-world implications. In November 2022, cybercriminals somehow acquired the right to run ads on Google for the popular open-source graphics editor GIMP. A DNS firewall and a classic antivirus are somewhat underused yet effective security tools that will come in handy.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

According to the analytical agency Newzoo, in 2022, the global gaming market will exceed $ 200 billion , with 3 billion players globally. The gaming industry went into full gear during the pandemic, as many people took up online gaming as their new hobby to escape the socially-distanced reality. Top game titles by number of related threats.

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SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to the Kaspersky cyber-resilience report , in 2022, four in ten employers admitted that a cybersecurity incident would be a major crisis for their business, superseded only by a slump in sales or a natural disaster.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Brute Ratel post-exploitation toolkit has been cracked and now is available in the underground hacking and cybercrime communities. Threat actors have cracked the Brute Ratel C4 (BRC4) post-exploitation toolkit and leaked it for free in the cybercrime underground. On 13 September 2022, an archive file called “bruteratel_1.2.2.Scandinavian_Defense.tar.gz”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

ALPHV has been advertising the BlackCat Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) on the cybercrime forums XSS and Exploit since early December. The alert includes indicators of compromise (IoCs) associated with BlackCat/ALPHV, as of mid-February 2022. Review antivirus logs for indications they were unexpectedly turned off.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

” Microleaves has long been classified by antivirus companies as adware or as a “potentially unwanted program” (PUP), the euphemism that antivirus companies use to describe executable files that get installed with ambiguous consent at best, and are often part of a bundle of software tied to some “free” download.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2025

Panev received over $230,000 in laundered cryptocurrency from Khoroshev between 2022 and 2024. He developed the code to disable antivirus software, deploy malware, and print ransom notes to all printers connected to a victim network.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 26, 2023

For example, cloud spending increased to nearly $500 billion in 2022 and will continue to increase this year. However, the amount spent on cybersecurity is nothing compared to the amount of money projected to be lost by cybercrime. Is cybersecurity spending driving cybercrime? One easy example is antivirus. Not likely.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2022

Researchers at antivirus firm Dr. Web discovered malware in the Google Play Store that was downloaded two million times. An investigation conducted by the antivirus firm Dr. Web in May resulted in the discovery of multiple adware and information-stealing malware on the official Google Play Store.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to a new study, phishing attacks rose 61 percent in 2022, with cryptocurrency fraud increasing 257 percent year-over-year. Because the address comes across as an internal team member, people trust them, ultimately exposing themselves to cybercrime. Here are four new phishing trends keeping businesses on their toes.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 15, 2024

One of the things cybersecurity professionals should be aware of is the origin company of whatever antivirus software they are using for the organization," said Burton Kelso , TEDx and Cybersecurity Technology Speaker. Cybersecurity professionals should read the terms of service for any antivirus, VPN, or firewall software they are using.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

Endpoint protection systems and or antivirus can potentially be killed prior to executing malware, but this method cannot as theres nothing to kill the DLL just lives on disk waiting. The exploit dll will check if the current directory is “C:WindowsSystem32″, if not we grab our process ID and terminate.

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

In 2022, Kaspersky solutions detected over 74.2M On the eve of the global Anti-Ransomware Day, Kaspersky looks back on the events that shaped the ransomware landscape in 2022, reviews the trends that were predicted last year, discusses emerging trends, and makes a forecast for the immediate future.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2022

The malware used a function called “DetectAV()” to determine the antivirus solution installed on the system and uninstall it. The malware accepts multiple arguments that indicate what action should be taken.” ” reads a report published by Trend Micro. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

“ZLoader has remained relevant as attackers’ tool of choice by including defense evasion capabilities, like disabling security and antivirus tools, and selling access-as-a-service to other affiliate groups, such as ransomware operators.” ” reads a post published by Microsoft. ” concludes Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Antivirus company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor for the recently discovered ransomware family MortalKombat. Good news for the victims of the recently discovered MortalKombat ransomware , the antivirus firm Bitdefender has released a free decryptor that will allow them to recover their file without paying the ransom.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2022

Experts discovered malicious Android apps on the Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions spreading the SharkBot Trojan. One of the SharkBot’s features detailed by the experts is its ability to auto reply to notifications from Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp to spread links to the fake antivirus apps.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. “After gaining access to victims’ networks, Royal actors disable antivirus software and exfiltrate large amounts of data before ultimately deploying the ransomware and encrypting the systems.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This joint CSA updates the advisory published by the US Government on March 17, 2022. bat) scripts [T1059.003] for lateral movement, privilege escalation, and disabling antivirus software. AvosLocker affiliates use legitimate software and open-source remote system administration tools to compromise the victims’ networks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The researchers observed a new campaign that started in June 2022 after the Google lawsuit and is still ongoing. ” The graph shows the transaction to and from the addresses involved in the 2022 campaign. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Antivirus firm Avast released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware family that allows victims to recover locked files. The BianLian ransomware emerged in August 2022, the malware was employed in attacks against organizations in various industries, including manufactoring, media and entertainment, and healthcare.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 11, 2022

Within the last week, there have been some significant victories in combatting Russian cybercrime, as the country continues its brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. March 25, 2022. Earlier this year, the Conti ransomware source code was leaked after the gang announced its support for Putin and the invasion of Ukraine.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2022

. “Network telemetry can be used to detect anomalous DNS requests, and security tools such as antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) should be statically linked to ensure they are not “infected” by userland rootkits.” ” Experts also shared indicators of compromise (IoCs) for this threat.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

CACTUS essentially encrypts itself, making it harder to detect and helping it evade antivirus and network monitoring tools,” Laurie Iacono, Associate Managing Director for Cyber Risk at Kroll, told Bleeping Computer. The binary is deployed using a specific flag that allows its execution, while the ZIP archive is removed. We are in the final!

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

The first campaigns of malware were distributed through fake antivirus or other common apps, while during the campaigns the malware is taking the turn of an APT attack against the customer of a specific Italian bank.” ” concludes the report.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 21, 2022

Cybercrime is on the rise, with hackers targeting businesses across the economy. Experts predict that the number of attacks is on track to rise again in 2022. Healthcare organizations are likely to continue struggling with cybercrime well into the future. The healthcare industry has been no exception.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2023

of total internet traffic in 2022, marking a significant 5.1% Internet Traffic in 2022 2. The year 2022 witnessed a noteworthy increase in the sophistication of bad bots, with "advanced" bad bots comprising 51.2% Advanced Bad Bots 2021-2022 3. According to a recent report , bots accounted for a staggering 47.4%

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2023

The hospital is not able to report the services performed in December 2022 and for this reason, it cannot receive payment for the medical services provided. The Saint Gheorghe Recovery Hospital in Botoşani, in northeastern Romania, was hit by a ransomware attack in December that is still impacting medical operations.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2023

1 ) Cybercriminals also seem to see the potential in ChatGPT; some security researchers reported seeing evidence that cybercriminals are abusing the tool to create or improve malware or create offensive tools to support cybercrime. ( In other fields, ChatGPT is being met with some concern.

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